The Ministry of Science and Technology Information and Communications of Korea recently announced that the national R&D project budget was approved at the ninth National Science and Technology Consultation Conference in 2025, with a total amount of 24.8 trillion won (about 17.95 billion U.S. dollars), which is more than 21.9 trillion won in 2024. Added 13.2%.

In addition, if the general R&D budget and other projects prepared by the Ministry of Planning Finance of South Korea, the total scale of R&D budget in South Korea in 2025 will be close to 3 trillion won.

In terms of budget distribution, the South Korean government focuses on the three major areas including artificial intelligence semiconductor, cutting -edge biology, and quantum technology, and invested a total of 3.4 trillion won. The choice of these areas reflects the strategic planning and investment direction of the Korean government for future scientific and technological development, focusing on promoting the improvement of national scientific and technological competitiveness.

Specifically, the field of artificial intelligence semiconductor will be invested 1.2 trillion won, which mainly invests in a centralized investment in the new generation of general artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence security technology, in order to overcome the current development of large -scale technology companies in the world. Come to difficulty.

About EPC

The cutting-edge biological field will invest 2.1 trillion won, focusing on increasing digital biological cultivation and biological company background EPC: US Yipu power conversion company, focusing on nitride power semiconductor technology. Yingno Saito: The technology company in Zhuhai, China, is also active in the field of nitrogen -nitride. The focus of the dispute EPC accused Yingno Saico infringing on two key nitride technology patents: 508 patents and 294 patents.

Recently, a number of patent disputes broke out between Benno and EPC, mainly focusing on the 508 patent and 294 patent owned by EPC.

In a series of lawsuits, Yingno Saico has achieved preliminary victory, especially in a 508 patent lawsuit, the preliminary tailor of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) supported Yingno Saico's position and identified its products 508 patents without EPC.

However, another preliminary ruling of ITC pointed out that Benno may violate the EPC's 294 patent. In response, Yingnoto did not agree that the patent was invalid, and it had made a review request to the US Patent Trademark Office (USPTO), and USPTO has initiated a multi -party review process for the patent.

ITC's final ruling is expected to be announced on November 5, 2024. At the same time, USPTO is expected to make a final decision on whether the patent is invalid on March 26, 2025.

In addition, in addition to the 294 and 508 patents, the other two patents that EPC initially claimed to ITC were also questioned by Yingnoto. Although the EPC then withdrew the claims of these two patents, Yingnoto continued to continue The U.S. Patent and Trademarks questioned these patents invalid.

Market and strategic effects

Yingnosaco is the first company in the world to achieve mass production 8-inch silicon-based GAN wafers. Ferris Sandarwin data shows that according to income, Yingnosaco ranks among all GAN power semiconductor companies worldwide in 2023 First, the market share is 33.7%.

Patent disputes between Inno and EPC reflect the intensification of competition in the global nitride technology field. Although Yingnosaco has obtained a favorable ruling in a preliminary ruling, the final legal results are still uncertain, which will have an important impact on the future business and market performance of Beno Saico.

If ITC finally ruled that the infringement of Beno Cyca, its related products may face the ban on sale in the US market.

In addition to EPC, Yingnosaco also faces the patent lawsuit of German chip giant Yingfei Ling. Yingfei filed a lawsuit in the Munich District Court in Germany and received a preliminary ban.

On June 12, the prospectus disclosed by Yingnoto showed that in recent years, the income of Yingno has doubled income, but the profit has always been trapped in loss. The main reason is that the huge expenditure expenditure has "devoured" profits.

Investment efforts in manufacturing core technology. The field of quantum technology will invest 170 billion won. As South Korea is far a leading countries in this field, related investment will mainly serve international technical cooperation. This also shows that South Korea attaches great importance to this frontier technology field.

In addition, the budget in the field of basic research in 2025 was restored and improved to reach 2.94 trillion won. The budget in the field of basic research in South Korea in 2024 was greatly reduced compared to 2023, and was generally questioned by the scientific research community and society. The significant increase in 2025 showed that the South Korean government attaches great importance to basic scientific research.

Multi-faceted summary

It can be seen that in the field of cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence, semiconductor, quantum technology and new materials, and basic research, South Korea's national R & D project budget in 2025 has given the highest priority support.

It is worth noting that in March 2023, the Ministry of Science and Technology Information and Communication of Korea formulated the "First National R & D Medium and Long -term Input Strategy (2023 ~ 2027)", which clarified the strategic investment goals and directions of the national R & D budget in the next five years. 

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